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Gridiron CourageAlton, Everett E.Chicago Wilcox & Follett 1949 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Near Fine Very Good++ Jacket First Edition in clean original unclipped jacket. Very clean red cloth boards with black lettering and small illustration on cover, black title box on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Clean color illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped (2.50 on front inside flap), unchipped, with just a hint of edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A wonderfully preserved collectible quality first edition of this football classic for young adults. 018908

Merritt Leads the NineBarbour, Ralph HenryNew York D. Appleton Century 1936 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Near Fine no dust jacket George M. Richards, Illustrator First Edition, First Printing, with (1) on last page of text. Clean orange cloth boards with small black illustration, black lettering on cover and spine. No fraying. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Small neatly penned previous owner name at top edge of front fixed endpaper. Four illustrations by George M. Richards. 256 pages. 024515

Friday Night Lights - A Town, a Team, and a DreamBissinger, H. G.Addison Wesley Publishing Co. 1990 0201196778 / 9780201196771 Stated First printing Hardcover Fine Near Fine Jacket First Edition, First Printing ("First Printing, July 1990" with letter line beginning with "A"). Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 357 pgs. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears; mere hint of light surface rubbing. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Book documents the coach and players of a high school football team of Odessa, Texas and the town's obsession with the game. Made into a film in 2004 and a television series which premiered in 2006. 018507

Frank Armstrong's Second TermColton, Matthew M.New York Hurst & Company 1911 Reprint Hardcover Very Good no dust jacket Martin Lewis, Illustrator Clean decorated binding with some bubbling to cloth. Blue-gray ribbed cloth boards with red, white and black baseball player on cover in mid-pitch, player with bat in hand on spine. Bright red lettering on cover, black lettering on spine. All lettering and decoration crisp and unworn. Tiny pin-head spot of wear to one corner tip. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. With four original illustrations by Martin Lewis. 318 pages. 023019

GOLF'S BEST SHORT STORIESD Staudohar, PaulChicago Chicago Review Press 1997 1556523211 / 9781556523212 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Fine Fine Jacket First Edition, First Printing, with full number line on copyright page, in clean unchipped original jacket, as new condition. Very clean light green boards with clean black cloth spine, blue lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 394 pp. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Twenty-four wonderful short stories about golf by the likes of John Updike, Paul Gallico, P. G. Wodehouse, Stephen Leacock, and many more. 019023

Pass That Puck!Flood, Richard T.New York Houghton Mifflin/Junior Literary Guild 1948 Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good Jacket C. L. Hartman, Illustrator Clean unfaded red cloth boards with illustration of hockey player on cover, black lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name and address neatly penned on front free endpaper. 136 pp. with illustrations by C. L. Hartman. Red, white and black illustrated dustjacket has 1/3" chipping at top and bottom spine edges, a few small edge nicks. No price on dustjacket - a Junior Literary Guild selection. A fast-moving ice hockey story for boys set in a New England preparatory school background. 020509

The Young PitcherGrey, ZaneNew York Grosset & Dunlap 1939 Reprint Hardcover Very Good Very Good Jacket Reprint edition in original illustrated dustjacket. Clean rust red boards with brown lettering on cover and spine. Very slight surface wear to spine corners. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean (slightly tanned) with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 249 pgs. Clean dustjacket has small fingernail size chip at top spine edge, very small spine corner chips, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A story for boys by Zane Grey about a young man who enters Wayne College to pursue his study of forestry and ends up playing baseball when a new varsity team is organized. 018917

Sports Car Rallies, Trials and GymkhanasHebb, David and Arthur PeckChannel Press 1956 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Jacket George Janes, Illustrator First Edition in unclipped original jacket. Clean red boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Hint of bumping to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 159 pages with appendix. Illustrated with lovely drawings by George Janes, cartoons by Anna Lou Edebohls. Original T.S.D. Table from publisher laid in. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has small chip at top left corner near spine edge, tiny chip at rear base spine corner, some wear at top and bottom spine edges. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The first book on competing in America's sports car rallies, trials and gymkhanas, it contains detailed, step-by-step how-to information and covers the most minute phases of sports car competitions. 021123

Through the Green: The Mind and Art of a Professional GolferIii, Sal Maiorana With the Cooperation Of David LoveNew York St. Martin's Press 1993 0312093632 / 9780312093631 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Near Fine Fine Jacket SignedFirst Edition (stated) with full number line on copyright page, SIGNED by author, in clean uchipped jacket. Clean green boards with bright gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Signed by author: "Sal Maiorana" on front free endpaper, with "Autographed Copy" removable sticker still on jacket. 263 pp. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (21.95 on front inside flap). enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 019541

Pro Hockey ComebackJackson, C. PaulNew York Hastings House 1961 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Near Fine Very Good+ Jacket First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with black goalie illustration on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Frontispiece illustration by Frank Kramer. 148 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, one very short closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Young adult's sports story of a young man who leaves college to join a professional hockey team and the challenges he faces. 025538

The Kentucky Derby - How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting EventJames C NicholsonLexington, Kentucky The University Press Of Kentucky 2012 0813135761 / 9780813135762 First Hardcover Fine Fine Jacket As new condition First Edition, First Printing (with full number line on copyright page) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean blank endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Foreword by Chris McCarron. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 274 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 025961

Hoop Dreams: A True Story of Hardship & TriumphJoravsky, BenAtlanta, GA Turner Publishing 1995 1570361533 / 9781570361531 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Near Fine Fine Jacket First Edition, First Printing, with full number line on copyright page in clean unclipped jacket. Clean orange boards with small decoration on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean black endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 301 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped (22.95 on front inside flap), no tears, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Award-winning journalist Ben Joravsky chronicles Arthur Agee and William Gates battle to reach the top in basketball -- their only escape from the grim streets of Chicago's West Side. Hoop Dreams began as a documentary film that tracked these two young men for almost five years as they struggled to turn their playground skills into the kind of basketball mastery that could earn them college scholarships. 020931

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